And Now, Something For the Lovers
National Post, Shakespeare, SoulpepperRobert CushmanA Midsummer Night's Dream, Soulpepper, National Post, Mike Ross, Brendan Wall, Abena Malika, Karen Rae, As You Like It, Soulpepper Academy, Peter Brook, Rick Roberts, Shakespeare, Trish Lindstrom, Ins Choi, Gregory Prest, Oliver Dennis, Michael Hanrahan, Michael Simpson, John Jarvis, William Webster, Jason Rothery, John Hodgman, 2011, February
He Mined the Energy In the Text
National Post, Stratford Festival, Thoughts On ShakespeareRobert CushmanMichael Langham, National Post, Stratford Festival, Trevor Nunn, Brian Bedford, Diego Matamoros, Martha Henry, Shakespeare, Michael Bawtree, Atlantic Theatre Festival, Tyrone Guthrie, Old Vic, Henry V, Christopher Plummer, Guthrie Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Julliard School, New York, Helen Burns, Hamlet, 2011, January, The Merchant of Venice, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Love in the Time of Victrola and Silent Film; Stratford Fest's Two Gentlemen of Verona Meant to be Good Fun
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanRobert Persichini, Bruce Dow, Andrew Gillies, Wayne Best, Stephen Russell, Claire Lautier, Sophia Walker, Gareth Potter, Dion Johnstone, Dean Gabourie, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare, August, 2010, National Post, Stratford Festival, Stratford Studio
Kiss and Ride; Shakespeare's Tamous Lovers Take the Train to High Park
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanChristine Horne, Jeff Irving, Caroline Gillis, Peter N Bailey, Jamie Robinson, Ron Kennell, Lisa Berry, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare in High Park, 2010, July
Forgive and Regret
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanMarti Maraden, Ben Carlson, Seana McKenna, Yanna McIntosh, Brian Tree, Mike Shara, Tom Rooney, Dan Chameroy, Cara Ricketts, Ian Lake, John Pennoyer, Randy Hughson, Anthony Black, Luminato, Christian Barry, Jerry Franken, Barbara Gordon, Stratford Festival, June, 2010, Tom Patterson, National Post, 2b Theatre, The Winter's Tale
'Start to Finish, This is an Intoxicating Show'; Stratford Festival Begins with a Bang
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford Festival, MusicalRobert CushmanJohn Doyle, Kiss me Kate, Kristian Truelsen, Chillina Kenney, Mike Jackson, Christopher Sly, Juan Chioran, Monique Lund, Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack, David Farley, Steve Ross, Cliff Saunders, Tracey Flye, June, 2010, National Post, Stratford Festival, Riffs on Shakespeare
Competing Visions of How to Play a Tree; Two Plays Set in the Woods Feature Actors in Arboreal Roles
National Post, Contemporary, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanYoung Centre, Theatre Passe Muraille, The Woods, Birnam Wood, Allyson McMackon, Theatre Rusticle, Hume Baugh, Lindsay Anne Black, Macbeth, Maev Beaty, Tara Beagan, Sarah Garton Stanley, Ryan Hollyman, Michelle Latimer, Holly Lewis, MIchelle Monteith, 2010, March, Riffs on Shakespeare
We'd Go Mad Too if We Were Involved with Him; Gord Rand is so Tortured, He's Terrific as Hamlet
National Post, Shakespeare, Necessary AngelRobert CushmanHamlet, November, 2009, Necessary Angel Theatre, Gord Rand, Graham McLaren, Tara Nicodemo, Benedict Campbell, Laura de Carteret, Eric Peterson, Steven McCarthy, Christopher Morris, Robert Persichini, Gray Powell
Scottish Theatre Actor Adopted Canadian Stage
Shakespeare, National PostRobert CushmanRichard Monette, Douglas Campbell, Stratford Festival, Old Vic, Martha Henry, Ann Casson, Sybil Thorndike, Benedict Campbell, Seana McKenna, John Hirsch, Bard on the Beach, Tyrone Guthrie, 2009, October, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Mum's the Word at Dream in High Park; This Tempest Twists Gender Roles, but the Magic Still Works
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in High Park, National PostRobert CushmanThe Tempest, Canadian Stage, Shakespeare in High Park, National Post, July, 2009, Karen Robinson, Shakespeare, Sue Miner, Taylor Trowbridge, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Audrey Dwyer, Ron Kennell, Mark Crawford, Jason Gray, Robert Dodd, Liz Gordon, Tracy Ferencz, Karl Ang
Not Quite the Sum of its Parts
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Shakespeare, National Post, Julius Caesar, June, 2009, Tom Rooney, Ben Carlson, Jonathan Goad, Geraint Wyn Davies, James Macdonald, David Boechler
A Tempting Tyrant; Colm Feore is Macbeth, and He Knows Just What He Speaks
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanShakespeare, Stratford Festival, Macbeth, June, 2009, National Post, Des McAnuff, Colm Feore, Yanna McIntosh, Sean Arbuckle, Peter Hutt, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tom Rooney
Back to the Future
National Post, Stratford Festival, ShakespeareRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Antoni Cimolino, Megan Follows, Stephen Ouimette, Richard Monette, Des McAnuff, William Gaskill, Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Stage, William Hutt, 2009, May, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Pop Goes The Bard
Poetry of Personal Hells has Varied Outcomes; The Bard Does Double Duty in Monologues of Such Creatures
Contemporary, National Post, Theatre Passe Muraille, Buddies in Bad TimesRobert CushmanJudith Thompson, Maria Vacratsis, Brian Quirt, Theatre Passe Muraille, La Comunion, January, 2009, Riffs on Shakespeare, Michaela Washburn
After the Happily Ever After
Shakespeare, National Post, Studio 180Robert CushmanStudio 180, National Post, Tarragon's Extra Space, Joel Greenberg, Paul Dunn, Summerworks, Shakespeare, Andrew Kushnir, Michael Shamata, Jessica Greenberg, Kimwun Perehinec, Mark McGrinder, Jason Mitchell, 2008, October, Riffs on Shakespeare
Eye for Actors and a Nose for the Text
National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanRichard Monette, Tarragon Theatre, Stratford Festival, King Lear, William Hutt, Peter Hinton, Michael Langham, 2008, September, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Pieces Of What Stratford Should Be
Stratford Festival, Shakespeare, National PostRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Peter Hinton, National Arts Centre, Simon Callow, Matthew MacFadzean, John Knox, Dayna Tekatch, Laura Condlin, Karen Robinson, 2008, July, Riffs on Shakespeare
Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up
National Post, Stratford Festival, ShakespeareRobert CushmanThere Reigns Love, Stratford Festival, National Post, Simon Callow, Shakespeare, Michael Langham, 2008, July, John Padel, Riffs on Shakespeare
A Life of Rhyme; Simon Callow is bringing to Stratford the closest thing Shakespeare had to an autobiography
Stratford Festival, National Post, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanThere Reigns Love, Simon Callow, Stratford Festival, National Post, Soulpepper, National Theatre, John Gielgud, Michael Langham, Shakespeare, 2008, July, John Padel, Riffs on Shakespeare
